The number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases in California reached a record high last year and officials are particularly concerned by a spike in stillbirths due to congenital syphilis, state health authorities said Monday.

More than 300,000 cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in 2017, a 45 percent increase from five years ago, according to data released by the California Department of Public Health.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea are most common among people under 30, the report said. Rates of chlamydia are highest among young women, while men account for the majority of syphilis and gonorrhea cases....

Penned; God used Johntan Edwards life for His praises & glory in using him as tool & instrument in His hands at that particular time frame. To proclaim their is no salvation in any other, that their is no other possible means of reconciliation, through restoration. In no King but Christ Alone amen.

Edwards himself through his own life remind us, ultimately his example as a spiritual leader has value only to the degree that he points us to Jesus Christ. Merely human heroes of the past, often fail us, but there is One who never does, for the perfect & holy â€śJesus Christ is the same yesterday & today & foreverâ€ť (Heb 13:8). In him alone is endless fascination, satisfaction, the forgiveness of sins, & eternal life alone amen.

What caused the death of Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)

"Almost immediately after becoming president, Edwards, a strong supporter of smallpox inoculations, decided to get inoculated himself in order to encourage others to do the same. Unfortunately, never having been in robust health, he died as a result of the inoculation on March 22, 1758."

wonder if he took into account God getting angry with him for cutting his own life short...

""The number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases in California reached a record high last year and officials are particularly concerned by a spike in stillbirths due to congenital syphilis, state health authorities said Monday.""

Surprise! Surprise! It's California!!

The sin and sodomite capital of the USA has major problems with sex diseases. Why are we not surprised.

Now this as an example should teach other states how not to develop their communities.BUT will they learn???

Sacramento Bee article wrote:"For California to have a steady increase in congenital syphilis is shameful," said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of medicine at University of California, Los Angeles. He pointed to nations such as Cuba, Thailand and Belarus that have nearly eliminated the life-threatening infection seen in infants.

"We've known how to control syphilis since early 1900s. Seeing it come back like this is a sign of failure of the public health safety net," Klausner said....

The article that SA put up, had material about STDs that would be of interest to anyone in the United States. Of course being a secular source it didn't mention the problem of sin, which would figure quite highly in STDs.